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Sally Beauty

NYQ:SBH · US79546E1047
Specialty RetailLarge

360

61
EV / EBIT81
Price / Owner Earnings64
Owner Earnings Yield78
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales68
EV / Gross Profit84
Price/Book60
Return on Capital58
Cash Return on Capital66
Return on Equity81
EBIT Margin59
Gross Profitability81
Cash Conversion47
Accruals35
Owner Earnings Margin70
Sales growth33
Profit Growth53
Long-Term EPS Growth10
Owner Earnings Growth19
Reinvestment100
Price momentum83
Debt load54
Refinancing79
Debt Payback31
Liquidity57
Analyst ratings26
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside46
Market mood37
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Sally Beauty clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySpecialty Retail
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2006
Employees85
ISINUS79546E1047
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Index & Theme
LifestyleFast-Moving Consumer Goods

Description

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH) operates as an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies. Segments The company operates through the following two business segments that offer beauty products in key categorie…

Analysis

Bargain bin

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 8.4×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
88
2023202420252026

All-time high

94

Mar 2026

All-time low

23

Jan 2025

Average rank

56

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
68
77
59
58
Price/Earnings
78
95
100
81
Price/Book
60
49
54
30
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
61
61
62
37

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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